Socket for wagon-stakes.



No. 801,194. PATENTED OCT. 3, 1905.v

H. W. LBVBRENTZ.

SOCKET FOR WAGON STAKES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1905.

HENRY W. LEVERENTZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SOCKET FOR WAGON-STAKES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application iled May 25, 1905. Serial No. 262,180.

lo all wir/0771, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY l/V. LEVERENTZ, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Socketsfor lVagon-Stakes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to sockets or bearings forstakes or the like to be secured to the ends of wagon-bolsters. Itsobjects are to provide a suitable socket for the purpose set forth whichmay be applied readily to the end of a bolster without unnecessarycutting or mortising of the end of the bolster and which may be appliedto the bolster without boring holes therethrough, and, further, toprovide a socket which will form a long bearing for the wagon-stakewithout projecting above the bolster an unnecessary distance, and,further, to provide means whereby the stake may be pried out of thesocket by means of a suitable bar, and such other objects as will appearfrom the following description.

It consists in the novel form of socket and fastening therefor and thenovel features of construction which are described and claimedhereinafter and which are shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which-Figure l is a side elevation of an improved wagon-stake socket embodyingthis invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, showing the methodof prying the stake out of the socket; and Fig. 3 shows a top plan viewof a modified form of this invention vin which two sockets are arrangedtogether to be fastened to the end ofthe bolster by means of a commonplate or connection.

As shown in the drawings, my improved stake holder or socket comprisesan upright tubular socket 4, which is formed integrally with a lateralplate or lug 5, having depending side flanges 6. The upright socket 4 isprovided with lateral openings 7 on either side thereof, said openingsbeing offset on the opposite sides, so that a bar or rod 8 can beinserted, first on one side and then on the opposite side, to pry out astake 9, as shown in Fig. 2. It will be noted that the bar 8 operatesthrough the openings 7 in the sides of the socket in a ratchet-likemanner,'the object of providing this means of prying out the stake beingso that the stakes may be readily removed, even though the wagon isloaded and the load presses against said stakes, so

that it would be impossible to remove them by hand. The socket 4 ispreferably tapered, as shown, and is provided with an opening I0 at thebottom and with an engaging strip or face l1.

The plate 5, with the depending `[langes 6, is adapted to engagewith theend of a bolster 13 and may be secured thereto in any desired manner;but I prefer to secure it by means of a clevis l2, as shown in Figs. Iand 3. On account of this simple and novel method of attachment thesockets may be fastened to the bolsters readily and easily by anunskilled person, or if the socket becomes broken it may be readilyremoved Without injuring the bolster. It will be noted that by havingthe socket extend along the end of the bolster it gives an additionaldepth thereto equal to the Width of the bolster, so that a longerbearing is afforded the stake than if the socket rested upon the top ofsaid bolster, and, if desired, the socket might in some instances beextended below the bottom of the bolster. This is a matter ofimportance, as the socket does not need to extend as high above thebolster as would otherwise be necessary, and therefore in unloadingheavy timbers or the like over the sides of the wagon they do not needto be lifted as high.

In the modified construction shown in Fig. 3 two sockets 14 are formedintegrally with each other and With a common plate l5, which is formedas above described and secured to the bolster in the same way. Vith thisform of construction the openings 7 are not at the sides of the socket,but are arranged so that the bar 8 may be inserted at a convenientangle. In this instance the sockets areg provided with a commonface-plate 16, Which engages with the wagon-box or load. It will benoted that with this form of device the stake is substantially inalinement with the inner face of the socket, or, if desired, it may bemade slightly enlarged above the top of the socket, as indicated indotted lines in Fig. l. Therefore a load, for instance, of lumber may bepiled up of uniform Width, thereby doing away with the cross-pieceswhich are at the present time usually used to widen the load at the topof the permanentI stakes or sockets, so that the upper part of the loadextends out to engage with the removable stakes. Other advantages in theconstruction of my improved devices will be apparent to one familiarwith this art. I

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prefer to construct these sockets of cast-steel and to lorm the sameintegrally with the ljoining plate; but l do not wish to limit myselfIto such material or to such method or' construction, as it is apparentthat other means could be used for securing the socket to the bolsterwhich would come Within the scope of this invention.

Having thus described myinvention, what .l claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is"

l. A socket for Wagon-stakes or the like comprising a tubular memberhaving oilset openings in the sides thereof and means 'for securing saidtubular member to a bolster or the like.

2. 1n a socket for \\\'agonstakes. the combination of a tubular memberprovided with openings vfor the insertion of a pry and a lateral plateAfor securing said member to the end or' the bolster.

In a socket for wagon-stakes, the combi nation of a tapering tubularmember attached to project below the top of a bolster and a soi.

lateral engaging plate provided with depending side flanges forattaching said member to the bolster.

4. In a socket for wagon-stakes, the combination of asubstantially.cylindrical member provided With oifsetting openings inthe sides thereof and a lateral engaging' plate at a distance from thebottom of said cylindrical member and side anges formed integrally withsaid plate and said cylindrical member.

rI he combination otv the \vagon-bolster, a tapered socket extendingbelow the top of said bolster and engaging with the end thereof, alateral box 'formed integrally with said socket and engaging With saidbolster and a clevis for holding said box in engagement with saidbolster.

6. The combination ot' a pair of sockets for Wagon-stakes and means forsecuring said sockets together and to the end of a bolster substantiallyas described.

HENRY YV. LEVERENTZ.

Titnessesz Jos. SIMMONS, L. SoRG-ENFREL

